National Chambal Sanctuary
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Bear in Mind: Kota’s Wild Neighbour
For years, Kota has been a destination for students chasing academic dreams — but recently, it has drawn an unexpected visitor. After dark, sloth bears stalk its lanes, on occasion crossing paths with humans. Why is this shy creature roaming through India's largest educational hub?
Shivang Mehta's final film in our Chambal habitat series, "Bear in Mind" unpacks sloth bear behaviour, and has tips for mitigating the growing human-bear conflict in the region.
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The Otters of Chambal: Tale of a Fish Heist
Otters live in close-knit groups called rafts—always chattering, grooming, and hunting together—even challenging predators twice their size. But along the Chambal River, there's one competitor's bounty they have their eyes set on.
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Gharials of Chambal: Snapshots from the River’s Edge
During the pandemic, wildlife photographer Shivang Mehta travelled along the Chambal River to follow the elusive life of gharials — watching them nest, their eggs crack open to new life, and a chilling raid on the young that remains etched in his memory.
Step into Shivang’s shoes as he follows the ancient crocodilians through the heart of the National Chambal Sanctuary.
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Wild and Untamed: The National Chambal Sanctuary
A tri-state protected area created to safeguard the critically endangered gharial offers trickle-down protection to other reptiles, mammals, and birds
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Gharial: Champion for the Chambal
Once widespread over North India’s large rivers, the gharial is now a critically endangered animal. This fish-eating crocodilian is the flagship species of the National Chambal Sanctuary
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Birding Bonanza on the Chambal
The Chambal’s ravines, scrublands, sandbanks, and clean waters harbour over 340 species of resident and migratory birds. I was lucky to spot a plethora of these riverine birds during my week-long birding expedition by boat through the National Chambal Sanctuary
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Here, There, Everywhere: The Muggers of Chambal
Although established to protect the critically endangered gharial, another reptile, the marsh crocodile, is now overrunning the Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary
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